On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 21:04 -0500, Decibel! wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:54:23PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Perhaps the docs are not sufficiently clear on the point? > > Yeah... I think that's a big gotcha waiting to smack someone. I'd > actually make the mention <strong> so that hopefully no one can miss > it... or do we have an official method for putting warnings in the docs? > > "Because WAL segment files are renamed and not re-created from scratch, > it is critical that the archive command actually copy files, not move > or hard-link them." I'll shortly be writing a doc patch to clarify a few points and to explain new possibilities, such as Koichi Suzuki's work. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
